Trident Nov 16 2009 - Tridentnews.ca
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MCPL CHANTAL POSTINGS<br />
TRIDENT, NOVEMBER <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2009</strong><br />
CFB Halifax PSP<br />
staffer to <strong>ca</strong>rry<br />
Olympic flame<br />
VANCOUVER SUN, HANDOUT<br />
Team Atlantic wears t-shirts given by BMO. Winners of the National Men’s Soccer held in Borden from September 13 to 17,<br />
<strong>2009</strong>. MS Susan Markus, BMO Personal Banking Area Manager, is first on right, second row.<br />
Atlantic men’s soccer team wins gold<br />
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By Virginia Beaton<br />
<strong>Trident</strong> staff<br />
This was a good season for the Formation<br />
Halifax men’s soccer team.<br />
First they won the regional championship<br />
in August <strong>2009</strong>, then in September<br />
the Atlantic team took the trophy at<br />
the CF national championship for the first<br />
time since 1994.<br />
“The level of play at the nationals has<br />
gotten higher,” stated team member<br />
MCpl Nathan Rutherford.<br />
Over time, as soccer has become a<br />
more popular CF sport, the number<br />
of players in the Formation has<br />
increased. “The players are getting<br />
good support from their units, too,” noted<br />
MCpl Rutherford.<br />
He stated that in the regional competition,<br />
the Halifax team bested the CFB<br />
Gagetown team, which often dominates<br />
regional soccer, to win the finals by way<br />
of penalty kicks.<br />
At the nationals, the Atlantic team<br />
“was in a scoring drought during the<br />
round robin,” according to MCpl Rutherford.<br />
“We had a couple of losses in a row<br />
before we pushed through.<br />
The Atlantic team won its first game<br />
against Quebec, then lost to the Prairie<br />
team 0 to 1 and Pacific 0 to 1 before winning<br />
2 to 0 against Ontario. In semifinal<br />
play, the Atlantic team slipped past<br />
Ontario 3 to 2 and proceeded to the finals<br />
after an exciting game that included two<br />
goals by Petawawa in the last five minutes<br />
of regular play, followed by overtime<br />
and penalty kicks that earned the<br />
Atlantic team its semifinal victory.<br />
Meanwhile, the Prairie team defeated the<br />
Pacific team 2 to 1 in semifinals.<br />
In the finals, the Atlantic team met<br />
the Prairie team. “It probably wasn’t the<br />
most entertaining game to watch,” stated<br />
MCpl Rutherford. “We controlled<br />
the middle of the field.” The final score<br />
was 1 to 0, with the Atlantic team winning<br />
its first men’s national soccer title<br />
in 15 years.<br />
The Formation Halifax men’s soccer<br />
team practices from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays<br />
and Thursdays at the Stadacona Fitness<br />
and Sports Centre.<br />
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The 2010 Olympic torch.<br />
By Virginia Beaton<br />
<strong>Trident</strong> staff<br />
Jim Hickey, arena coordinator<br />
at 12 Wing Shearwater,<br />
is one of the lucky Canadians<br />
who will <strong>ca</strong>rry the Olympic<br />
flame in Canada to its ultimate<br />
destination.<br />
A retired bosun who served<br />
in the Canadian Navy from<br />
1978 to 1998, Hickey is a<br />
longtime member of the CFB<br />
Halifax Personnel Support<br />
Programs staff.<br />
He served in the first Gulf<br />
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“I am a member of the Gulf<br />
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stated Hickey.<br />
His run will take place on<br />
Friday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 20 in front<br />
of the fitness centre at 14<br />
Wing Greenwood.<br />
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